CURRENT MISSION

To travel, experience and open my mind!

PHILOSOPHY

Hiperxiology.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hi! I'm another new estrangeiro in Porto Alegre eager to meet new people in the city, locals & foreigners! I'm 25 and I speak english, spanish, little portuguese.... and catalan! I arrived here 4 months ago, but I haven't met many people yet, so hope CS helps! Obrigado!

Interests

I love traveling and there is where I spend most of my savings. However, during the "real life" I love music, books, comics, cinema, economics, politics, history...

• books
• politics
• comics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• economics
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Bob Dylan, Wilco, The Rolling Stones, Orchestra Baobab, Amadou & Mariam, Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder, Ali & Vieux Farka Touré, Camera Obscura, Iron & Wine,The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, Lee Perry, Fela and Femi Kuti, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, John Coltrane, Miles Davies, Brad Mehldau, Pau Riba, Jaume Sisa, Antònia Font, Lluís Llach, Adrià Puntí, Quimi Portet, Roger Mas, Tom Waits, LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, The Dodos, Pulp, PJ Harvey, Elvis Perkins, Elliot Smith, Tom Jobim, Vinicius, Joao Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Adriana Calcanhotto, Gilberto Gil, Batatinha, Chico Buarque... I leave it here, the list is too long!!!

Some TV shows I like: Blakadder, the Young Ones, Monthy Python Flying Circus, Allô Allô, Lost, Little Britain, Porca Misèria, Afers Exteriors, Sputnik and Polònia.

Some movies I’ll remember: Apocalypse Now, Il Padrino I&II, Scarface, Death in Venice, Wild at Heart, Blade Runner, Paris Texas, Los Amantes del Círculo Polar, No country for old men, Eastern Promises, Blue Velvet, Dogville, 24 hour party people, Saraband, Ghost Dog, Cofee and cigarretes, 4 months-3weeks-2days, Before the devil knows you’re dead, Vertigo, Being John Malkovich, Reservoir Dogs, Match Point, Dr Strangelove, The Lord of the Rings, 2001: Odysee in the Space, Star Wars and Life of Brian!

I've a lot to read yet and I wish I had more time but I can mention some books I really enjoyed: The Steppen Wolf & Siddharta, by Herman Hesse; L'Étranger, by Albert Camus; Il Gatopardo, by Lampedusa; Hommage to Catalonia, by George Orwell; Mirall Trencat, by Mercè Rodoreda; the roman saga of Colleen McCollough; Sinouhé the Egypt, by Mika Waltari, anyone of Quim Monzó... I must mention some comics too: Maus, by Art Spiegelman; Adolph, by Osamu Tezuka; El Corto Maltés by Hugo Pratt; Watchmen, Moore & Gibbons; From Hell, Moore & Campbell; Sin City, by Miller; Black Hole, by Charles Burns; Jimmy Corrigan, by Chris Ware, Dilbert, by Scott Adams. And I still enjoy like a child Asterix, Spirou, Tintin and Calvin & Hobbes!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Tunisia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, United Kingdom

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